Tag: funky

Okay, here’s another one that a friend introduced me to recently. I wish we weren’t such sleepy heads following the Japandroids show, or we could’ve seen them at Bonnaroo. (I literally couldn’t hold my head up anymore.) “Breezeblocks” by alt-j is in one word: funky. I mean, yeah it’s downright weird but it’s so good. So, so good. I mean, it’s not on repeat level with “Do I Wanna Know?” but it’s still up there. And according to who else I can see listening to it on Spotify, it’s got quite a big fan following. If you ask me, there are some references to Where the Wild Things Are, right? These are the lyrics that make me think that:

I guess you can consider this a Throwback Thursday post because the film was released in 2007. Regardless I was planning to share it with you all this week, anyway! My Wes Anderson obsession is not news here (if you read my tweets you’ve seen me ramble about wanting him to direct my life, or how I want to live inside Moonrise Kingdom.) I don’t know why it took me so long because I specifically remember seeing the trailer on this film years ago, and really wanting to see it (maybe because the drive from Inverness to see movies like this was pretty long,) but I finally watched The Darjeeling Limited (official site) this week. My word, it did not disappoint.

In this Anderson film three brothers – Francis (Owen Wilson), Jack (Jason Schwartzman), and Peter (Adrien Brody) have been estranged for a year following their father’s unexpected death. Francis, the oldest brother who is reeling from injuries sustained in a failed suicide attempt has planned a mysterious trip aboard a train through India, The Darjeeling Limited. Francis wants them to be real brothers again, “like before.” Jack and Peter have their own plans in mind for an escape if things don’t seem like they’re necessarily working out but go along for the ride anyway. Where are they headed? Why? What will happen along the way? Well, you’ll just have to watch it to find out. I always feel like you can’t describe Anderson films in too much detail because I like the plot lines and twists to be a surprise. I’ll just say there were of course humorous moments that had me laughing aloud, but also heartfelt scenes tugging on my emotional side. Wilson and Schwartzman are vets to Anderson’s work, but Brody was new on the scene, and I have to say he fit in perfectly. (And I may have had a movie crush on his fictional character.) I always feel like such a dweeb as the movie unfolds on the screen in front of me, and I realize that I have a smile slapped on my face but I just can’t help it. I know I’ll always feel a sentimental attachment to any project of Wes Anderson’s because of events that occurred in my teenage years, but bias aside I highly recommend watching this if you haven’t yet.

Also, I just have to share this image from the limited Criterion Collection edition of the film. If I had blu-ray I would totally want to own all of these because the artwork is just beautiful (especially on The Royal Tennenbaums!) Also, I am sure I’m not the only one wouldn’t mind owning that sweet Louis Vuitton/Marc Jacobs luggage collection that was designed for this film. There are the fun kind of artistic touches that add to the quirkiness, and just make all of his work even more lovable to me. Since I’m so late to the party I’m sure many of you have already watched this one, what did you think? It’s definitely one of my favorites now.